# NTSB CEN22LA030: Raytheon G36, N754HC, Frankenmuth, MI, November 7, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: November 7, 2021, 13:43 local (18:43 UTC) - Place: Frankenmuth, MI · 24 ft from left side of runway 27 - Coordinates: 43.313985, -83.708168 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3140&lon=-83.7082&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104219 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA030 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104219/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104219 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA030 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing on a wet grass strip. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon G36, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7150061), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Raytheon G36, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=7150061), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was performing a full stop landing at an airport. He landed the airplane on a grass strip and reported that the airplane “started sliding off the runway to the left.” The pilot was unable to regain control of the airplane and the airplane departed the side of the runway and came to rest in a field. The left main landing gear had collapsed, and substantial damage was sustained to the left wing. Inspectors from the Federal Aviation Administration documented the accident scene and reported that marks in the grass strip were consistent with the airplane landing in a crab, with the nose of the airplane pointed towards the right side of the strip. Tracks made by the landing gear showed the airplane’s ground roll shifted towards the left and continued as the airplane departed the side of the runway. The pilot stated that the ground was soft and wet. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N754HC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N754HC), registered now, S/N E-3768 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY G36 - Registry model: [Raytheon G36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-g36) (registry code 7150061) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-550-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (registry code 17208, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: E-3768 - Airframe hours: 2135 - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Private Individual - Registered owner: Om Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: SCA, Sidney, OH - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: HYX, Saginaw County H W Browne, runway 27, 2,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 20, 2021; seat: left; flight hours: 313 total, 55 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 220° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 30.09 inHg - Observed at: KHYX, 10 nm away - METAR: METAR KHYX 071835Z AUTO 22010KT 10SM CLR 18/07 A3009 RMK AO2 T01760069= ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20211107018999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211107018999A), Nov 7, 2021: Raytheon Aircraft Company G36, Frankenmuth, MI, Substantial damage. On 11/07/2021 at approximately 1345 local time, N754HC a Beechcraft G-36 aircraft, [privacy data omitted] and operated by a private pilot, received substantial… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 18, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104219. 1.7 MB in all. - Case findings (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 161 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13244905&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=case%20findings-Rel.pdf - Photo (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 1 photo, 885 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13244847&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%201%20la030-Rel.pdf - Pilot statement (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 583 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13244915&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Email%20Statement-Rel.pdf - Crosswind component (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 57 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13244634&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=crosswind%20component-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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